Sports
Knoch, Highlands work up ‘a good dislike’ for each other
The Knoch and Highlands football teams are on opposite sides of the WPIAL Class 4A Northwest Eight Conference.
A-K Valley high school football don’t-miss matchups for Week 3
Class 5A Big East
The Birdie goes online to help make A-K Valley football picks
A day doesn’t go by where the Birdie isn’t thinking about high school football. He walked into the office Monday with Saturday’s edition of the Valley News Dispatch in hand and was thumbing through it rapidly.
Week 3 high school football schedule
Thursday
Westmoreland County high school football dont’t-miss matchups for Week 3
Class 6A
No clowning around in Westmoreland County for The Birdie
The Birdie
Westmoreland football Q&A with Hempfield’s Dillon Ferretti
Dillon Ferretti likes to take pregame power naps. He sets the alarm on his phone so he doesn’t oversleep.
Westmoreland County football players to watch in Week 3
John Beard
Rivals Derry, Mt. Pleasant ready to battle for 1st place in Class 3A Big East
When Tim Sweeney took over the Derry football program after the 2013 season, he inherited a team that was at the lowest of lows.
No clear favorite at WCCA boys golf championship
For the past four seasons, the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association’s boys golf tournament has been dominated by three of the top amateur golfers in Western Pa.: Brad Pevarnik, Palmer Jackson and Mark Goetz.
GCC-Imani Christian Week 4 game moved to GCC
Add another home football game to Greensburg Central Catholic’s schedule.
Springdale’s Ausk likely done for season after collarbone injury
The Springdale football team, in the midst of last Friday’s 28-7 nonconference victory over Monessen, was dealt a blow when sophomore starting quarterback Legend Ausk suffered a broken collarbone on a tackle early in the third quarter.
Franklin Regional, Thomas Jefferson boys soccer teams battle to draw
September 10, 2019
Soccer ties aren’t always about the action but the reaction.
High school scores, summaries, schedules for Sept. 10, 2019
Cross country
High school roundup for Sept. 10, 2019: Joey Fonagy’s hat trick keeps Canon-McMillan undefeated
Joey Fonagy recorded a hat trick to help No. 1 Canon-McMillan (6-0, 3-0) stay undefeated with a 5-1 win over Baldwin (2-4, 1-1) in Section 2-AAAA boys soccer Tuesday night. Fonagy’s first goal came on a penalty kick, his second off an assist from Owen Maher and his third off a Nino Civitate free kick.
The Daily 3: Field hockey champs set to face off
The WPIAL field hockey alignment is made up of two divisions in the regular season followed by three classes in the postseason.
Balanced approach paying off for Belle Vernon girls soccer team
Belle Vernon’s girls soccer team cruised through its section last year.
Westmoreland Athletes of the Week: Belle Vernon’s Daniel Sassak, Yough’s Justine Appolonia
Daniel Sassak
Kiski Area girls soccer team faces stiff section test
Reagan Frederick didn’t expect to finish last season as the top goal scorer for the Kiski Area girls soccer team in its charge to the WPIAL Class AAA quarterfinals.
